The wait is over! Jerry Horror finally gets to sit down with someone he's been highly anticipating having on The Offering: horror critic, writer, podcaster, filmmaker, and self-proclaimed keeper of the macabre Zena Dixon, better known to horror fans as the Real Queen of Horror.

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A co-host of the official Bloody Disgusting Podcast, Zena has spent more than a decade exploring horror movies, urban legends, terrifying media, and all the wonderfully weird corners of the genre. Her work has also made its way onto the shelves of horror fans, including an essay for the Blu-ray release of The Guest, along with hosting special features and panel discussions for boutique physical media releases.

But this isn't just a royal audience. Jerry and Zena go straight down the rabbit hole discussing one of their favorite guilty pleasures: terrible movie sequels they absolutely love. The kind of sequels that make you ask, "Who thought this was a good idea?" before immediately pressing play again.

And then there's the treasure vault. Zena opens up her very own Criterion Collection, sharing her physical media recommendations and the horror films she believes deserve a permanent place on your shelf. Expect cult classics, questionable sequels, and plenty of horror nerd discourse.

Two horror obsessives. One very deep rabbit hole. And enough physical media recommendations to make your wallet scream.

Long live the Real Queen of Horror! 👑🩸📀

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This week, Jerry Horror is checking his inventory, saving his ammo, and diving headfirst into the world of George A. Romero and Resident Evil with independent filmmaker, writer, and director Brandon Salisbury, the award-winning filmmaker behind George A. Romero's Resident Evil.

Brandon's acclaimed documentary digs into the fascinating connection between the legendary filmmaker and the video game franchise that helped redefine survival horror. The film earned a Fangoria Chainsaw Award, proving that sometimes the best way to make a documentary is to aim for the head and never stop until the credits roll.

Jerry and Brandon discuss the making of the documentary, Romero's influence on horror and gaming, and Brandon's follow-up projects, including Original Sin: Prelude to Biohazard, a live-action prequel exploring the roots of the original Resident Evil universe, and FAITH: The Unholy Movie, a film adaptation inspired by the acclaimed retro indie horror game FAITH: The Unholy Trinity.

The conversation also explores Brandon's contributions to the Monroeville horror community, helping keep Romero's legacy alive through his work with The Living Dead Museum and The Living Dead Weekend, as well as his support of GARF: the George A. Romero Foundation. From preserving archival history to bringing horror fans together, Brandon continues to help ensure that the legacy of Romero and Dawn of the Dead never gets buried.

So grab your survival knife, combine your herbs, and make sure you have enough ink ribbons to save your progress. Jerry Horror and Brandon Salisbury are going back to the source code of survival horror, where Romero meets zombies, video games meet cinema, and every door you open could lead to a critical hit.

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Mistress of the Macabre. Queen of Kitsch. Keeper of the Pink Flame. This week, Jerry Horror throws open the crypt door for Sarah Palmer, better known as Pinup Palmer and Gwengoolie, beloved member of MeTV's Sven Squad alongside legendary horror host Svengoolie.

Before joining one of horror hosting's most hallowed halls, Sarah spent more than a decade conjuring movie magic at Universal Studios Hollywood, portraying icons like Marilyn Monroe, the Bride of Frankenstein, and Helen in the explosive WaterWorld stunt spectacular. Jerry and Sarah exhume stories from those haunted Hollywood years, tracing her journey from scare actor to one of television's newest keepers of the midnight movie tradition.

The conversation is packed tighter than Dracula's coffin with classic monster memories, vintage fashion, pinup glamour, cosplay, horror hosting, and the enduring magic of late-night creature features. Sarah also opens the lid on her YouTube channel, where she's on a mission to keep horror glamorous, retro, spooky, and proudly pink for a new generation of monster kids.

So dim the lights, fire up the fog machine, and tune your TV to the UHF station that only comes in after midnight. Whether you grew up with Elvira, Vampira, Svengoolie, or Saturday afternoon monster marathons, this episode is a love letter to horror hosts, classic Hollywood, and the wonderfully weird world where Burbank becomes Horror's Row.

Editor Note: No rubber chickens were harmed in the making of this interview...though a few vampires complained about the craft services. 🦇📺🎃

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This week, Jerry Horror welcomes one of the most recognizable voices in modern horror media, Keenan McClelland, better known to fans as Horror Guy Keenan. For more than two decades, Keenan has been a trusted voice in the genre, covering horror across podcasts, websites, conventions, and interviews with some of the biggest names in the business.

From his time co-hosting the Bloody Disgusting Podcast to his current work on the Every Day is Halloween Podcast, now part of the Be Afraid Network,  Keenan has built a career talking about all things creepy, crawly, and cult-worthy. Along the way, he's contributed to Bloody Disgusting, FANGORIA, and IGN, while sitting down with icons like John Carpenter, Pam Grier, Peter Weller, Eli Roth, and the cast of Terrifier.

Jerry and Keenan dive into the ever-changing world of horror journalism and the current state of film criticism in an era of algorithms, hot takes, and social media discourse. They also discuss convention culture, memorable celebrity interviews, and Keenan's love of indie comics, including his own upcoming release, Summerween, a Halloween-infused project that combines his passion for storytelling with his lifelong love of the macabre.

Whether they're talking horror movies, comic books, criticism, or the future of genre media, this conversation is packed with insight, laughs, and enough horror geekery to fill an entire haunted newsstand.

Because for Jerry Horror and Horror Guy Keenan, every day is Halloween. 🎃🎙️📚👻

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Jerry Horror dives headfirst into the deep end of indie horror chaos with writer, producer, and first-time feature filmmaker Newt Wallen, the mind behind Amityville Pool Toy Massacre and founder of Schlock and Awe Films. Love him or hate him, Newt has carved out a lane in the schlock-horror world where rubber monsters, killer concepts, and DIY filmmaking collide in gloriously unhinged fashion.

From co-directing Bigfoot Exorcist to writing Shark Exorcist 2: Unholy Waters and penning blood-soaked comedy in Cult of Blood, Newt has built a filmography that lives somewhere between late-night cable and internet cult legend. He’s acted, shot, produced, and hustled his way through projects like Swamp Zombies 2, Debbie Does Demons, and Bongo: Killer Clown, proving that in indie horror, you either wear every hat or get buried under them.

In this candid and wildly entertaining conversation, Jerry and Newt go beyond the filmography and into the mindset. They talk about the influence of Ed Wood, the unexpected DNA shared with The Muppets, and the kind of bizarre, formative experiences that shape a horror filmmaker, including the universal rite of passage of stumbling upon something you definitely were not supposed to find in the woods. Porno Mags.

They also dig into the grind of low-budget filmmaking, the controversies surrounding Newt’s work, and his collaborations with exploitation filmmaker Donald Farmer, offering insight into the wild west spirit of truly independent cinema.

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Jerry Horror sits down with actor, writer, producer, and now first-time feature filmmaker Rigo Garay, a true graduate of the Glass Eye Pix school of indie horror. Since 2015, Rigo has worn just about every hat imaginable under Larry Fessenden’s legendary production banner. Including producing Glass Eye's scary audio drama series Tales from Beyond the Pale and Jerry's favorite work of his - the lead in Chris Skotchdopole's Crumb Catcher. If Glass Eye Pix is a haunted house, Rigo has practically held the keys to every room.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Jerry and Rigo talk about his journey through the Glass Eye Pix ranks and what it means to finally step behind the camera for his first feature film. Along the way, they dig into growing up on Long Island, navigating life as a New York based actor, Rigo’s work popping up in Law & Order, and how the realities of the current political climate seep into the creative process.

And because no good horror hang is complete without a little chaos, the conversation also detours into their shared love of pro wrestling legends, including the one and only Mick Foley. From indie film trenches to piledrivers and production war stories, this episode pulls back the curtain on what it takes to survive and thrive in New York’s horror underground.

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The Offering with Jerry Horror welcomes the mad minds behind Icons of Fright: 100 Interviews with Legendary Horror Filmmakers. Jerry is joined by Mike Cucinotta, Rob Galluzzo, Adam Barnick, and Jason Alvino for a deep-cut, no-rush conversation that feels like a horror convention bar meetup… minus the bar tab.

Spanning two decades of interviews and nearly seventy-five years of genre history, Icons of Fright is the ultimate monster-sized oral history, from the Universal era to modern meta mayhem, with plenty of behind-the-scenes stories that only come out when the mics are hot and the vibes are loose. This discussion goes long and unfiltered, diving into legendary filmmakers, lost interviews, brand-new conversations, and the obsession it takes to document horror across generations.

With an introduction by Neil Marshall and praise from Guillermo del Toro and Svengoolie himself, this book is already being called required reading for horror fans. Jerry Horror puts the spotlight on the people who tracked down these stories, preserved them, and packed them into one killer volume.

One hour. Four Icons of Fright. Infinite horror knowledge. Hit play, summon the algorithm, and don’t forget to like, subscribe, and sharpen your fangs. 🩸📖🎙️

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Jerry Horror stuffs the stocking with controversy and cracked candy canes in this very naughty Christmas Spectacular. This is the slasher that turned Santa into a public menace and inspired a full-blown moral panic, complete with a protest group called Citizens Against Movie Madness and an entire hour of Phil Donahue devoted to asking, “Won’t someone please think of the children?” 🎅🪓

Originally sleighing through production under the title Slayride, the studio changed course at the last minute and unleashed a holiday shocker that opened the same weekend as a certain dream-stalking icon. For one brief, blood-soaked moment, it even out-grossed him before the backlash hit harder than a lump of coal, sending ticket sales plummeting by the second weekend. 🎅🪓

Jerry unwraps the history, the hysteria, and the holiday havoc of a film that proved Christmas can be cozy, controversial, and extremely dangerous. So pour the eggnog, lock the chimney, and remember…Santa is watching. 🎅🪓

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In the Spectacular Season 5 finale of The Offering, Jerry Horror swings into one of the most divisive superhero blockbusters of the 2000s, a film packed with soaring ambition, tangled love triangles, and more villains than you can fit into a single web. It is the movie where stunt rigs, symbiotes, and studio notes collided in spectacular, finger-guns-on-the-street fashion. 🕷

While James Franco was juggling this production alongside Pineapple Express, Topher Grace left his sitcom life behind for a chance to play a snarky, sharp-toothed foil. Behind the scenes, wardrobe tried crafting a latex black suit that ended up looking a little too gimp-chic before it was scrapped for something less dungeon-ready. And if you ever wondered why prints arrived at theaters labeled “Let’s Dance Again,” well… let’s just say someone knew exactly what kind of groovy sidewalk swagger was about to enter the pop-culture bloodstream. 🕷

Jerry digs into the big swings, the behind-the-scenes chaos, and the earnest heart of a movie that may be messy but is never boring. Suit up for the Season 5 finale as he celebrates a blockbuster that has been underrated, over-hated, and forever meme-immortal. 🕷

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Jerry Horror gears up for the penultimate episode of season 5, a momentous stop right before the big finale, by diving into one of the wildest sci-fi action gems the 90s ever unleashed. Sylvester Stallone himself called it a great action film ahead of its time, and honestly, when your dystopia comes with Taco Tuesdays, cryo-prisons, and bathroom tech no one understands, how could it not be?

Borrowing its title from a classic song by The Police, with Sting returning to rework it for the future, this movie is packed with explosive world-building and gloriously odd details. Speaking of odd details, those iconic seashells entered the script because the screenwriter’s buddy kept a decorative bag of them next to his toilet. One offhand bathroom comment later and the biggest mystery in sci-fi bathroom etiquette was born.

Jerry breaks down the satire, the chaos, the couture of a sanitized society, and the film that taught a generation to question both authoritarianism and their bathroom layout. Do not miss this special second-to-last deep dive of season 5 as he gears up for the grand finale.

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